FAQs on Food Wrapping

One study reported larger than average amounts of aluminum in the brain tissue of some Alzheimer’s patients, leading to a wave of concern about this.  However, aluminum has also been found in the brain tissue of people who did not have Alzheimer’s.

Coated bags (such as the Debbie Meyer Green Bags) can work, depending upon the produce being put into it, explains food scientist Dr. Karin Allen.  “These bags have a clay-like material deposited on them which causes them to absorb ethylene gas. “Whether the bag will work or not depends upon two factors: 1) how much ethylene the produce gives off; and 2) whether the product is responsive to ethylene or not.   If one or both of these conditions is true, then putting it in one of these bags should extend the shelf life (for example, of apples, bananas, and tomatoes).